Hurdles Facing New Humanities Journals

Abstract: While the barriers to international scholarly communication have never been lower, the hurdles facing any new journal seeking to gain a respectable foothold in academic institutions are rising, not falling. Among the factors most responsible for lowering barriers are the rapid spread of digital connectivity and the ease of using electronic media. Among the latest obstacles to be surmounted are sharp cuts in library budgets; the dispersal of journal identities into individual articles; and the rise of bureaucratic journal ranking systems in the humanities that use arbitrary and hidebound criteria to rate scholarly output.

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Language Documentation & Conservation, vol. 3, no. 1 (2009)

Articles

Kaipuleohone, the University of Hawai‘i’s Digital Ethnographic Archive
Emily E. Albarillo and Nick Thieberger, 1-14

The University of Hawai‘i’s Kaipuleohone Digital Ethnographic Archive was created in 2008 as part of the ongoing language documentation initiative of the Department of Linguistics. The archive is a repository for linguistic and ethnographic data gathered by linguists, anthropologists, ethnomusicologists, and others. Over the past year, the archive has grown from idea to reality, due to the hard work of faculty and students, as well as support from inside and outside the Department. This paper will outline the context for digital archiving and provide an overview of the development of Kaipuleohone, examining both concrete and theoretical issues that have been addressed along the way. The creation of the archive has not been problem-free and the archive itself is an ongoing process rather than a finished product. We hope that this paper will be useful to scholars and language workers in other areas who are considering setting up their own digital archive.

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Archives of Asian Art, vol. 58 (2008)

Archives of Asian Art vol. 58 cover
Vol. 58 (2008) of the Archives of Asian Art has just debuted in the Project MUSE Premium Collection of electronic journals. Vol. 59 (2009) is in proofs and is on track to appear later this year.

The table of contents below contains links to the MUSE edition of each article, along with a sample image from each of the main articles.

Articles

The Eleventh-century Daxiongbaodian of Kaihuasi and Architectural Style in Southern Shanxi’s Shangdang Region
Tracy Miller, p. 1

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China Review International, vol. 15, no. 1 (2008)

FEATURES

Urban Communities, State, Spatial Order, and Modernity: Studies of Imperial and Republican Beijing in Perspective (reviewing Madeleine Yue Dong. Republican Beijing: The City and Its Histories; Susan Naquin. Peking: Temples and City Life, 1400–1900; Jianfei Zhu. Chinese Spatial Strategies: Imperial Beijing, 1420–1911)
Reviewed by Yamin Xu, 1

JeeLoo Liu. An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy: From Ancient Philosophy to Chinese Buddhism
Reviewed by Bryan W. Van Norden, 39

Philip L. Wickeri. Reconstructing Christianity in China: K. H. Ting and the
Chinese Church

Reviewed by Franklin J. Woo, 46

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Manoa Turns 20, Debuts in JSTOR

The March 2009 issue of the University of Hawai‘i magazine Mālamalama contains a profile of the history of Mānoa: A Pacific Journal of International Writing. It also offers two web extras: a slideshow of some of its cover designs and an audio interview with Mānoa editor Frank Stewart.

Mānoa passed two milestones in 2008: completing its 20th year of publishing and making its debut in the JSTOR online archive.

Visit Mānoa’s 20th Anniversary blog for a another brief history of its founding and a few highlights of its literary achievements over the years.

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Every published volume of Mānoa is now available online. Since 2000, current issues have been appearing in Project MUSE (subscription required). In 2008, all prior volumes made their digital debut in JSTOR (subscription required). The JSTOR moving wall is 3 years. In other words, newer volumes will be added to the JSTOR archive 3 years after they first appear in print.

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